First
of all, most evident changes were made in desktop area. We've updated
Xorg server and libraries, which allowed us to incorporate some
important security fixes from Oracle x-s12-clone and Debian Xorg. Also
we've moved much more closely to Gnome 2.32. Most packages were updated
to this level, excluding packages which either have a lot of specific
patches (like gdm) or just dropped some significant functionality (like
cheese, which dropped HAL support in version 2.32). Not everything has
gone smoothly. We had to drop trusted desktop support during update. I
believe nobody seriously used it under OI. The most annoying thing is
that updated Xorg and Intel driver require some DRM updates, which are
still not ready. So, if you have Intel video card, either pkg freeze
X-incorporation and xorg, or use vesa driver.Continue Reading